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Luckyday Scholars' Retreat Helps Students Get Acquainted, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Aug 2005

Luckyday Scholars' Retreat Helps Students Get Acquainted, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The 2009 graduating class of Luckyday Opportunity Scholars at the University of Mississippi recently attended a three-day retreat at Camp Hopewell, where the scholars were introduced to each other and to the university.


Art Instructor, Curator To Address 'Outstanding Young Persons' In Japan, Deborah Purnell Aug 2005

Art Instructor, Curator To Address 'Outstanding Young Persons' In Japan, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - A University of Mississippi faculty member is among six invited speakers to visit Tokyo Sept. 2-7 to address the 2005 Outstanding Young Person Program, sponsored by the Osaka Junior Chambers of Commerce Inc.


Laurel Scholar Sets Sights High With $40,000 Day Business Award, Deidra Jackson Aug 2005

Laurel Scholar Sets Sights High With $40,000 Day Business Award, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - While a scholar-athlete at Laurel High School, Brittany Lane Moss achieved an impressive track record teeming with academic and sports honors.


Students To Be Extended Official Welcome At Thursday Convocation, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Aug 2005

Students To Be Extended Official Welcome At Thursday Convocation, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Freshmen and transfer students get an official welcome to the University of Mississippi Thursday (Aug. 25) at 8 p.m. in C.M. "Tad" Smith Coliseum.


Centaur Records Releases Cd Featuring Um Music Professors, Deborah Purnell Aug 2005

Centaur Records Releases Cd Featuring Um Music Professors, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Centaur Records, one of the oldest and largest independent classical labels in the United States, has released a CD by University of Mississippi music professors Charles Gates and Stacy Rodgers.


Trent Lott Leadership Institute Names First Executive Director, Tobie Baker Aug 2005

Trent Lott Leadership Institute Names First Executive Director, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - William Gottshall, chief of staff for U.S. Sen. Trent Lott, has been named the first executive director of the Trent Lott Leadership Institute at the University of Mississippi.


Rebel Ride Returns To Provide Safe Rides Between Town & Campus, Jennifer Southall Aug 2005

Rebel Ride Returns To Provide Safe Rides Between Town & Campus, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - When University of Mississippi students return this fall, they can count on a safe ride back to campus after an evening with friends on the Oxford Square.


Alpha Kappa Alpha Chapter Hosts Third Annual Scholarship Gala, Deborah Purnell Aug 2005

Alpha Kappa Alpha Chapter Hosts Third Annual Scholarship Gala, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The Upsilon Iota Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc., hosts its third annual Pink Petals and Pearls Scholarship Gala at 7 p.m.


First Music Of The South Symposium Set For Sept. 2-3, Jennifer Southall Aug 2005

First Music Of The South Symposium Set For Sept. 2-3, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - As part of the University of Mississippi's new Music of the South initiative, which aims to bring the best and brightest scholars and entertainers to campus, the inaugural Music of the South Symposium is set for Sept. 2-3, 2005.


Concerts, Convocation Highlight Back-To-School Activities, Rebecca Lauck Cleary Aug 2005

Concerts, Convocation Highlight Back-To-School Activities, Rebecca Lauck Cleary

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - University of Mississippi students look forward to a variety of events during Welcome Week, Aug. 20-27.


'Heavens Above' Exhibition At Um Museums Puts Universe On Display, Angela Moore Aug 2005

'Heavens Above' Exhibition At Um Museums Puts Universe On Display, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Explore new worlds, seek out new galaxies and go where no human has gone before by visiting the University of Mississippi Museums through Sept. 17.


Gift Of $200,000 Creates Liberto-King Professorship At Business School, Tina Hahn Aug 2005

Gift Of $200,000 Creates Liberto-King Professorship At Business School, Tina Hahn

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - V.A. Liberto and Julius W. King became friends as University of Mississippi students in 1942, served in the U.S. Navy during World War II and shared office headquarters - as well as life experiences - for decades.


Um Hosts International Conference On Botanical Dietary Supplements, Staff Report Aug 2005

Um Hosts International Conference On Botanical Dietary Supplements, Staff Report

University of Mississippi News

More than 150 scientists and representatives of regulatory agencies gather in Oxford next week for an international conference on Quality and Safety Issues Related to Botanicals. Botanicals include medicinal and aromatic plants often prepared and sold as dietary supplements.


Managing Professional Behavior Discussed In Pharmacy School-Hosted Workshop, Dabney Weems Aug 2005

Managing Professional Behavior Discussed In Pharmacy School-Hosted Workshop, Dabney Weems

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Pharmacy educators from across the Southeast gathered at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy last week to discuss issues related to the professional behavior of pharmacy students.


Entire Community Has A Role In Keeping University Safe From Disaster, Researcher Says, Angela Moore Aug 2005

Entire Community Has A Role In Keeping University Safe From Disaster, Researcher Says, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Since 1848, the fortunes of the city of Oxford and the University of Mississippi have been linked, so it is only natural that UM officials would want community input when developing plans to deal with natural disasters.


First Southern Foodways Day Camp To Explore Bacon In Louisville, Ky., Jennifer Southall Aug 2005

First Southern Foodways Day Camp To Explore Bacon In Louisville, Ky., Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Bacon is the focus of the first-ever Southern Foodways Alliance day camp and dinner, set for Sept. 16 in Louisville, Ky., at the historic Brown Hotel.


Shuttle Chief Gets Support, Congratulations From Um Engineering, His Alma Mater, Angela Moore Aug 2005

Shuttle Chief Gets Support, Congratulations From Um Engineering, His Alma Mater, Angela Moore

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - For NASA Shuttle Chief Bill Parsons, it's been a trying few weeks, full of delays, media scrutiny and finally on Tuesday morning, triumph as Discovery touched down safely in California.


Annual Fall Family Weekend Set For Sept. 23-25, Jennifer Southall Aug 2005

Annual Fall Family Weekend Set For Sept. 23-25, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Families of University of Mississippi students have an opportunity to experience all that college life offers, thanks to annual Fall Family Weekend, this year Sept. 23-25, with an Aug. 15 registration deadline.


Gertrude Ford Boulevard Dedicated, Mitchell Diggs Aug 2005

Gertrude Ford Boulevard Dedicated, Mitchell Diggs

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Officials from the University of Mississippi and the city of Oxford gathered Wednesday afternoon to dedicate a new street designed to relieve traffic congestion on and around the UM campus.


Students Sweep State Hospitality Contest, Wire Report Aug 2005

Students Sweep State Hospitality Contest, Wire Report

University of Mississippi News

HATTIESBURG, Miss. - University of Mississippi students took the top three spots in the recent Mississippi Miss Hospitality 2005 Pageant.


Um To Become Home Of American Music Archives, Deborah Purnell Aug 2005

Um To Become Home Of American Music Archives, Deborah Purnell

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, MS. - Researchers studying the evolution of the blues have made the Blues Archives at the University of Mississippi their starting point for more than 20 years. Now, music experts studying the origins and development of all kinds of American music may be flocking to the campus.


Business Prof Tapped As National Aria President, Deidra Jackson Aug 2005

Business Prof Tapped As National Aria President, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Larry A. Cox, a University of Mississippi professor of finance, is slated to become the next president of the American Risk and Insurance Association, the leading North American organization dedicated to research and teaching in risk and insurance.


Killing Fields Survivor, Author Returns For Honors College Freshman Retreat, Jennifer Southall Aug 2005

Killing Fields Survivor, Author Returns For Honors College Freshman Retreat, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Activist and writer Luong Ung returns to the Sally McDonnell Barksdale Honors College at the University of Mississippi August 20 to discuss her memoir, "Lucky Child" (Harper Collins, 2005), her second book about her plight to survive after the Khmer Rouge stormed Phnon Phen, Cambodia, in 1975 and ultimately killed her parents and several siblings.


Living Blues Magazine Awards Featured In August Issue, Jennifer Southall Jul 2005

Living Blues Magazine Awards Featured In August Issue, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Living Blues magazine readers recently selected the world's best-known bluesman, B.B. King, as the 2005 Blues Artist of the Year, one of the many Living Blues Awards featured in the magazine's August issue, on newsstands now.


English Professor Nets State Arts Commission Grant, Deidra Jackson Jul 2005

English Professor Nets State Arts Commission Grant, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Award-winning poet Beth Ann Fennelly, assistant professor of English at the University of Mississippi, has been awarded a $4,000 fellowship from the Mississippi Arts Commission.


Winter Institute, Media Productions Produce Film Documenting 1961 Freedom Riders, Deidra Jackson Jul 2005

Winter Institute, Media Productions Produce Film Documenting 1961 Freedom Riders, Deidra Jackson

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Courageous black and white student activists boarded buses and trains in 1961 bound for the Deep South, risking their lives along the way to challenge the segregation of public places.


Madison Central High School Grad Wins $40,000 Newman Scholarship, Jennifer Southall Jul 2005

Madison Central High School Grad Wins $40,000 Newman Scholarship, Jennifer Southall

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Drew Tyler Wilkerson of Madison has been awarded the University of Mississippi's $40,000 W.R. Newman Scholarship, which is among the state's largest awards for undergraduates. With the award, Wilkerson joins Casey Wilson of Pontotoc, who received a Newman Scholarship earlier this summer.


O-Zone Game Day Campaign To Rally School Spirit, Tobie Baker Jul 2005

O-Zone Game Day Campaign To Rally School Spirit, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - When FedEx announced a $2.5 million gift to create an academic support center for student-athletes at the University of Mississippi, new head football coach Ed Orgeron revealed he isn't timid.


Pharmaceutics Department Names Professor As New Head, Dabney Weems Jul 2005

Pharmaceutics Department Names Professor As New Head, Dabney Weems

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - Michael A. Repka has been named chair and associate professor of pharmaceutics at the University of Mississippi School of Pharmacy, after serving five years as assistant professor.


Responding To Teachers' Needs: Classroom Management Training, Tobie Baker Jul 2005

Responding To Teachers' Needs: Classroom Management Training, Tobie Baker

University of Mississippi News

OXFORD, Miss. - The University of Mississippi School of Education offers a free workshop this weekend to teachers needing help with classroom management.